Press Releases

WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Roger Wicker, R-Miss., and Ed Markey, D-Mass., along with Congressmen Trent Kelly, R-Miss., and Steven Horsford, D-Nev., today introduced the Dynamic Glass Act. The bill would make electrochromic glass eligible for federal energy tax credits. This specialized glass transi... Read more »

Kelly Introduces Bill to Address Chronic Wasting Disease in Deer WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Representative Trent Kelly (MS-01) introduced H.R. 1919, the Detection, Enhanced Education, and Response (DEER) Act of 2019, in coordination with U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) This legislation would es... Read more »

WASHINGTON – U.S. Representative Trent Kelly (MS-01) today announced he has retained his committee assignments from the 115th Congress and will serve on the House Committee on Agriculture, the House Armed Services Committee, and the House Small Business Committee. Subcommittee assignments will be r... Read more »

Kelly Selected as Ranking Member of the House Armed Services Military Personnel Subcommittee The House Armed Services Subcommittee on Military Personnel provides oversight on all military and Department of Defense (DoD) civilian personnel policies. Additionally, it focuses on issues related to end s... Read more »

WASHINGTON - Congressman Trent Kelly (MS-01) led a bipartisan delegation to the Middle East where members served Thanksgiving Day lunch to service men and women who are stationed at Camp Buehring, Kuwait. More than 4,000 members of the 155th Armored Brigade Combat Team, Mississippi National Guard, d... Read more »

WASHINGTON – Congressman Vicente Gonzalez (TX-15) has introduced H.R. 6281, the Veterans Flexibility of Annuities for Income Relief (FAIR) Act of 2018, to modify the Survivor Benefit Plan to extend the one-year opt-out window to six years. The bill has garnered the support of Republicans and Democra... Read more »

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Thad Cochran (R-Miss.) and Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), and Congressman Trent Kelly (R-Miss.) today applauded the award of a $273.2 million U.S. Army contract to produce 35 UH-72A helicopters for the U.S. Army. The firm-fixed-price procurement contract was awarded to Airbus Hel... Read more »

Kelly Releases Statement on Senator Thad Cochran Washington - Congressman Trent Kelly (MS-01) has released a statement regarding Senator Thad Cochran's decision to retire. "Senator Cochran has been a dedicated and influential public servant through his time in the United States Navy, the House of Re... Read more »

Kelly, Rosen Introduce Health Coverage for Reservists and Guardsmen Act Washington - Today, Congressman Trent Kelly (R-MS), and Congresswoman Jacky Rosen (D-NV), announced the introduction of the Health Coverage for Reservists and Guardsmen Act. Under current law, guardsmen and reservists are eligib... Read more »

MISS. DELEGATION: ARMY AFFIRMS AH-64 APACHE HELICOPTERS WILL REMAIN IN TUPELO WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Thad Cochran and Roger Wicker, and Representatives Trent Kelly, Gregg Harper, and Steven Palazzo, in addition to Governor Phil Bryant, today announced that the U.S. Army will retain the Alp... Read more »